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Vocabulary
East Asia
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Southwest Asia
100
A war within the same country.
What is a civil war
100
This leader is a ruler of widespread lands and groups of people
What is an emperor
100
This is a leader with absolute power.
What is a dictator.
100
this was an ancient city along the Indus River.
What is Mohenjo-Daro
100
Hammurabi's code offered this to people that suffered through no fault of their own.
What is justice.
200
a leader with absolute power
What is a dictator
200
The Chinese migrated here around 1200 BC
What is Korea
200
These people brought Hinduism with them from their homeland
What are the Indians (people from India)
200
India and Pakistan agreed to this, splitting the Indian sub-continent into two separate countries.
What is a partition.
200
This ancient land is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia.
300
A person who is devoted to the interests of his or her country
What is a nationalist
300
This country's leaders thought the best way to keep the country united was through isolation
What is Japan
300
This group of people introduced Islam to Southeast Asia
What are the Arabs.
300
This was the nickname the British had for India
What is the crown jewel
300
These three religions have roots in Southwest Asia.
What is Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
400
A social system introduced by the Aryans.
What is caste (system)
400
This is a society that has cities, a central government, workers who do specialized jobs, and social classes.
What is a civilization.
400
This group introduced Christianity to Southeast Asia
What are the Europeans.
400
This leader gave up violence and freed his prisoners upon witnessing a bloody battle.
Who is Asoka
400
These two things were developed by the people of Mesopotamia
What is a system of writing and irrigation
500
A system to bring water to fields far from the water source.
What is irrigation
500
this is a series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty
500
This type of rule was practiced by the European nations that gained control of most of Southeast Asia
What is colonial rule
500
Gandhi believed independence and change should be won by this
What is nonviolent means
500
Still a disputed region to this day, both Jewish people and Arabs have roots here
What is Palestine